Post colonialism

Respected Madam,

            

               Here I am apply the term post colonialism or racism in Hindi Movies like Queen and English vinglish, both movies directed by  Indian directors. When we study deeply at that time we find that how in both movie black identity put in corner. Most of the Bollywood movies shoot in Foreign countries not any African country. Racism also we find very well.

             

                 In “ A True story” by Mark Twain in this short story also we find racism and problems of this “Sandwich identity”, how they sold because they black and they suffer a lot . Because we are now free from colonialism but our mind are still colonized and right now our own people ruled on their people.

               

                We have to become like white persons, because it is our inner desire. Many beauty products like fair & lovely and other advertisements present this idea very well.

              

                   It is not now but in our Bhajan also we find for example – “ Gori Radha ne Kado Kan”. We also choos name like Herry, James etc, so it is reflect our mindset. Why this name? 

Movie Review - The Reluctant Fundamentalist directed by Mira Niar

Movie review : “ The Reluctant Fundamentalist” directed by Mira Niar

   

Movie review : “ The Reluctant Fundamentalist” directed by Mira Niar

 This blog is a part of my classroom activity of Post colonial   studies. 

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“ The Reluctant Fundamentalist” directed by Mira Niar, and screen play written by William Wheeler.

The movie based on racism and The American dream of the young man Changez Khan, he is Muslim and his dream is to be a good reluctant fundamentalist in New York. Starting of the movie is very good with Urdu Kavvali. The meaning of fundamentalism used in two way first as business and other is terrorism . He tell whole story through one interview by Boby Lincon. This movie present the incident of 9/11. In bollywood “New York” movie also made on the same subject but not that much good . 

Changez was did very hard work , but the company get only profit from him. At the end people and his colleges also look at him as a “ Pakistani”. He was frustrated because without mistake polish arrest him, once on airport polish necked him and checked him because he was Muslim. He had relation with Erica and once he talked about marriage at that time she suddenly asked him that,

“ Would I have to wear burkha"?

It’s suggest the mentality of American women towards the Muslim’s women. And after the attack of 9/11 the whole life of the Changez was change. He still love America but their people hate him, and Islam and loved only their nation. After 9/11 he started keeping beard, before he was a clian shaved and that’s why people look at him as a terrorist though he not. He left America and lived in Lahore and worked as professor in college. He felt like “ Other”. He was marginalized there. He can’t fulfilled his dream. 

The lyrics of all songs are very beautiful as well as effectively present with particular scene, so we feel it very well. This movie is worth to watch , it’s present colonial human mind and racism and “ Islamophobia”.

                    

                                “ Here me out, o lord”

Muslims are regarded as people who can never successfully assimilate into western societies, or who are culturally conditioned to be violent, ideas that dominated the media coverage of Islam after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the United States on 11 September 2001. ( Colonialism/ Post colonialism by Ania Loomba )

Market fundamentalism destroys more human lives than any other simply because it cuts across all national, cultural, geographic, religious and other boundaries. And globalization is just another name for submission and domination. ( Colonialism/ Post colonialism by Ania Loomba )

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Movie Review - Midnight's children by Deepa Mehta

Movie review – “ Midnight’s children” directed by Deepa Mehta

This blog is part of my classroom activity of postcolonial studies, Here is the blog of a given task :

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Post- colonialism ( or often post colonialism deals with the effects of colonization on cultures and societies. As originally used by historians after the second World War in terms such as the post colonial state, ‘ post colonial’ had a clearly chronological meaning , designating the post independent period. However , from the late 1970s the term has been used by literary critics to discuss the various cultural effects of colonization. ( Post – colonial Studies , The key concepts by Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin )

“ Midnight’s children” film is based on the famous novel by the Booker prize winner Salman Rushdie. The film is directed by Deepa Mehta and screenplay by Salman Rushdie. This novel written in 1981 and the film made in 2012. Well known actors played a role like Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher and many others.

This film deals with the historical events like Emergency, partition of India, Birth of Bangladesh etc which reflects the term Historiography Metafiction. Before freedom British government ruled over India and after freedom some of the powerful person got the power and they ruled their own people. 

Plot of the movie is not easy to understand because it is very complicated. The story is about the two boys named Saleem and Shiva both are born the exact time 12 o’clock midnight of 14 th August of Independent of India . Both are symbolically represents as two nation like both nation born India and Pakistan. Many other children also born at same time and they all born with special powers. Salim had good telepathy power. But the Christian nurse Marry swapped both the children because her lover and she try that “ Poor be rich and rich be poor”, Nehru’ s idea. The death of Joe suggests the fall of Christianity in india. So the identity crises we find,

“ I had many families and I had no family”

“ I, orphaned survived”

In the film we find that how Vanita exploited by white person, because man are superior and women are inferior , patriarchy we find. In school also saleem humiliated by white teacher. During the establishment of Bangladesh only Saleem was survive at that time one Bangladeshi polish said that change your identity for survive.

Magic realism used well in the movie. It’s shoes that how at that time and still India belived in Black magic and like Abrakadabra. Parvati used well when she saved saleem in one basket. Then other midnight children also used magic. So it’s good treatment used by Rushdie that historical truth used with some magic. This movie shows important event of 1919 to 1977. Like 1605 ‘s war, 1701 Bangladesh war, Emergency time, etc.

Symbols : 1) image of “ Mother India”

                 2) mirror

                 3) Spittoon – memory lose

At the end of the movie Hindu , Muslim and Christian three identity present , so it’s deeply shows that we don’t know who we are? And from which community or from where ? from which religious? Salman Rushdie is not very good film writer that’s why it is not that much good.

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